OSHA Inspection: MARGARITO RAMIREZ

Issued

Aug 27, 2013

Abate by

Sep 25, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(a)(2): A respirator was not provided by the employer to each employee when such equipment was necessary to protect the health of the employee: (as referenced in 1926.103)   On or about July 02, 2013, employees performing masonry activities were exposed to respiratory hazards.  a) An employee operated a DeWalt circular saw to cut bricks without a respirator.  b) An employee operated a DeWalt handheld grinder to cut stone without a respirator.

Issued

Aug 27, 2013

Abate by

Sep 5, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:   On or about July 02, 2013, employees performing masonry activities were tossing bricks from the ground level to the first tier of a scaffold. The employees worked without protective helmets and were exposed to head injuries.

Issued

Aug 27, 2013

Abate by

Sep 25, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.   On or about July 02, 2013, employees performing masornry activities were cutting brinks and stone without eye and face protection exposing the employees to eye and face hazards.   a) An employee operated a DeWalt circular saw to cut bricks. b) An employee operated a DeWalt handheld grinder to cut stone.

Issued

Aug 27, 2013

Abate by

Sep 25, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1): Power operated tool(s), designed to accommodate guards, were not equipped with such guards when in use:   On or about July 02, 2013 employees performing masonry activities were operating a circular saw with the guard tied back to the handle rendering the guard inoperable. The employees were exposed to to amputation hazards.

Issued

Aug 27, 2013

Abate by

Sep 25, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iv): Flexible cords were not connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief is provided to prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws:   On or about July 02, 2013, employees required to operate a circular saw utilized a flexible extension cord that did not have a strain relief device exposing the employees to electrical shock hazards.

Issued

Aug 27, 2013

Abate by

Sep 25, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii)    On or about July 02, 2013, employees were observed working from the first tier of a tubular welded scaffold that was not fully planked, exposing employees to fall hazards greater than 10 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Aug 27, 2013

Abate by

Sep 25, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.   On or about July 02, 2013, a ladder was not provided for employee use to access the higher levels of the scaffold, exposing employees to falls of up to approximately 12 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Aug 27, 2013

Abate by

Sep 25, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    On or about July 02, 2013, employees who erected a welded frame scaffold were not directed by a competent person in scaffold erection. The employees worked from the scaffold that was not fully planked, with no means of egress and were exposed to an unprotected fall of over 10 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Aug 27, 2013

Abate by

Sep 25, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level.   On or about July 02, 2013, employees performing masonry activities from the second level of a tubular welded frame scaffold were not protected from falling more than 10 feet to the ground below.